How deep-red South Carolina became a model for climate resilience

The state has identified hundreds of thousands of homes that will need to be abandoned through a process known as ‘managed retreat.’

For as long as Melissa Krupa had imagined her dream house, she pictured palm trees in the yard. Krupa, a crisis counselor for victims of domestic abuse, is a self-described “beach girl,” and nothing reminds her of the beach like palms.